Earth Defense
Earth Defense, showm as The Earth Defend on the title screen, is a vertically scrolling shooter for the Mega Drive/Genesis. The game is unlicensed; it was developed by AV Artisan and published by Realtec in both North America and Taiwan without a license from Sega. The cartridge and box shapes as well as quality in graphics and box art are identical to AV Artisan's previous games Funny World & Balloon Boy and Mallet Legend's Whac-a-Critter, both published by Realtec.
Earth Defense
- Date
- 1995
- Genre
- shoot 'em up
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Earth Defense, showm as The Earth Defend on the title screen, is a vertically scrolling shooter for the Mega Drive/Genesis. The game is unlicensed; it was developed by AV Artisan and published by Realtec in both North America and Taiwan without a license from Sega. The cartridge and box shapes as well as quality in graphics and box art are identical to AV Artisan's previous games Funny World & Balloon Boy and Mallet Legend's Whac-a-Critter, both published by Realtec.
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The player takes on the role of a jet pilot assigned to liberate five world continents from a technologically advanced army. Defense allows two-player simultaneous multiplayer.
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Earth Defense The Earth Defend • Developer — AV Artisan • Publisher — Realtec • Genre — Scrolling shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Mega Drive/Genesis
Weapons
Weapons
Players can choose from two types of weapons: a vulcan/spread shot weapon and a wave/beam shot weapon. Rather than possessing bomb-like items, the players have a shield item that make the ship temporarily invulnerable.
Levels
Levels
• Brazil, South America • Washington, North America • Siberia, Russia • China, Asia • Nigeria, Africa
Compatibility
Compatibility
The game cannot be played through a Sega 32X. The game must be put directly into the Sega Genesis' cartridge slot. When the game is inserted into a Sega 32X, the RealTec logo will show up, but the Sega Genesis will keep resetting itself. The game will not run at all on the Majesco Sega Genesis 3.
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Dated record
History of the object
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1995
Earth Defense published.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3046450: Earth Defense
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- “Earth Defense”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine. Capsule Reviews. 91. 1995-08-22.
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